Avi, 1937-

The seer of shadows / Avi. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, c2008. - 202 p. ; 22 cm.

In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn.

Grades 3-7.

A Junior Library Guild selection

ISBN: 9780060000158 (trade bdg.) 0060000155 (trade bdg.)

LCCN: 2007010891

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Photography--History--Fiction.
Ghosts--Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
Horror stories.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--History--1865-1898--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.A953 / Sf 2008

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]